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Rwanda agrees to accept ‘third-country’ deportations from the US

Donald Trump holds up a picture of himself with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on June 27, as leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo meet at the White House [Ken Cedeno/Reuters]

Rwanda has confirmed it will accept deported migrants from the United States, as President Donald Trump continues to push for mass deportation from the North American country.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Rwandan government, Yolande Makolo, acknowledged that the African country had agreed to receive up to 250 deported individuals.

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